Voting in today’s special U.S. Senate election is off to a slow start.

Board of Elections Commissioners chairwoman Elizabeth Camara said that as of 11:30 a.m. none of the city’s 29 polling precincts had topped 100 votes. She said the highest numbers were being registered from the two polling locations in Government Center, with Ward 4C tallying 72 votes and Ward 7D accounting for 97 votes. She said all other locations were in the area of 40 to 50 votes.

“It’s been slow, but not as slow as the other election,” Camara said, referring to the Senate primary.

Camara pointed to the oppressive heat as a likely reason for the low turnout so far and expressed hope more voters will turn out in the evening.